Literary Dog Names

  1. Orno
    • Origin:

      Literary name
    • Description:

      Is it a real name....or no?
  2. Mcewan
    • Origin:

      Scottish
    • Meaning:

      "son of Ewan"
    • Description:

      Shows some promise via its connection to the growing interest in Ewan.
  3. Forster
    • Origin:

      English, variation of Foster
    • Meaning:

      "scissors maker"
    • Description:

      Forster, a variation of Foster or potentially even Forester, is associated with British novelist E.M. Forster, author of A Passage to India, Howard's End, and A Room with a View. But if you choose Forster, you'd always have to force that 'r'.
  4. Jerzy
    • Origin:

      Polish variation of George
    • Meaning:

      "farmer"
    • Description:

      Writer Jerzy Kosinski put this foreign variation on the U. S. name map.
  5. Fringilla
    • Origin:

      Latin literary name and bird name
    • Description:

      Fringilla Vigo is a sorceress and villain in The Witcher series. Her name comes from a genus of singing finches.
  6. Sweeney
    • Origin:

      Irish
    • Meaning:

      "the little hero"
    • Description:

      Friendly-sounding name with big "Sweeney Todd" downside.
  7. Gide
    • Origin:

      French surname
    • Description:

      Pronounced GHEED, this surname of Nobel Prizewinning novelist Andre could make a smooth, sleek middle name choice.
  8. Tinker bell
    • Origin:

      Literary name
    • Description:

      The well-loved, sassy and headstrong fairy Tinker Bell is one of the most recognizable Disney characters. Her name, however, is not the most useable for a baby in real life. Read more about Tinker Bell and other Disney Princess Names in our featured blog.
  9. Galway
    • Origin:

      Place-name
    • Description:

      Associated with the poet and novelist Galway Kinnell, this name of an Irish city, county, and bay would make an evocative choice. For further literary cred, writers Liam O'Flaherty and Frank Harris both hail from Galway.
  10. Ayn
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "grace"
    • Description:

      Ayn is a nonconformist name associated with controversial Russian-born writer and philosopher Ayn Rand, (born Alisa) author of The Fountainhead, who adopted it when she moved to the US in 1926.
  11. Jacy
    • Description:

      This variation of Jacey was the name of the gorgeous small-town heroine of Larry McMurtry's The Last Picture Show.
  12. Faunia
    • Origin:

      Latin feminine variation of Faunus
    • Meaning:

      "to befriend"
    • Description:

      Faunia is more often rendered as Fauna, who was a Roman goddess of fertility, women and healing. Faunia was the downtrodden yet loving heroine of Philip Roth's Human Stain. Faunia and Fauna have more gravitas than the doe-like Fawn.
  13. Remarkable
    • Origin:

      Literary and word name
    • Description:

      Remarkable Pettibone was a self-important housekeeper in James Fenimore Cooper's The Pioneers. Such names were not uncommon in early America, with such choices as Remember and Experience showing up in the records along with Puritan virtue names such as Chastity and Patience.
  14. Melanctha
    • Origin:

      Literary name
    • Description:

      The mixed-race heroine of one of Gertrude Stein's Three Lives searches for knowledge and power.

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